Recently I was asked what a hero was. By definition, I could have said that a hero was a "remarkably brave person." But I do not think that that is always true.

Heroes are all kinds of people. They come in all different forms. Some heroes are not recognized the way they should be. An example of this is soldiers. They fight for our country, our freedom, and then some of them come home to nothing at all. Heroes do not have to do amazing and remarkably brave things, they just have to alter the lives of a person in a good or positive way.

Many different kinds of people can be heroes. Heroes can be obvious, like soldiers, caregivers, firefighters, and policemen. Or they can be not so obvious. For example, a teacher who helps a student learn to read. Or a person who helps someone in a wheelchair open the door. Another example is a person who helps out at a soup kitchen or nursing home. Either way, they are all heroes in the end.

Heroes don't alter peoples lives because they want to be recognized. They do it because it is the right thing to do, or that was how they were brought up. A real hero won't say that they are a hero, they will just say that they did it because it was the right thing to do.

Heroes don't have to save the world from evil villains, like Batman saving the world from Joker. Heroes don't have to wear Spandex suits and masks like Mr. Incredible. All they have to do is change the life of one person in a positive way.